Carbondale’s Board of Town Trustees meeting on April 27 saw all trustees in attendance. The previous week’s work session involved reviewing the town’s commercial green building code, checking in with the Parks and Recreation Department and more closely defining a plan for improving Eighth Street. The consent agenda included accounts payable totaling $238,312. Items of […]
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Containment strategies encouraged, not mandated
Regular Garfield County Commissioners Meeting Update: Bureau of Land Management Field Manager Larry Sandoval was granted $2,000 maximum from the commissioners’ discretionary funds to assist with Hubbard Mesa cleanup on the Roan Plateau. People have littered debris ranging from candy wrappers to abandoned vehicles there. Commissioners agreed to send a letter to the district’s state […]
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Seeking Higher Ground: In praise of nurses
I didn’t plan to spend extended periods with nurses in the year of COVID-19. But after three eye surgeries gave me an up-close and personal view, I came away convinced that nursing must be a “calling,” something akin to ministry. These days, cataract surgery is almost routine (or was before COVID). Last May, I was […]
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Chisme del Pueblo – 25 de marzo, 2021
Traducción por Jacquelinne Castro Sobre la vacuna English in Action y Mountain Family Health han colaborado para producir “Vacuna 101,” una presentación en español con preguntas y respuestas acerca de la vacuna para el COVID-19. Como un recurso confiado para la comunidad inmigrante, English in Action ha referido a más de 300 de sus participantes […]
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Scuttlebutt – March 4, 2021
Early STEM Aspen Science Center (ASC) is introducing preschoolers to science and the scientific method with their Early STEM Program. “Distance Learning Activity” kits are available to childcare providers for free! These include a bilingual instruction card and materials, introducing kids to concepts like “gravity,” “cause and effect,” and “states of matter.” ASC Early STEM […]
